Sims

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Summary: Genetic tampering has horrifying results.
Review: The time is the future. Through genetic manipulation, an underclass, part man and part chimpanzee, has been created for the purpose of serving man. This new creature, known as a "sim," is docile and has no desire for money or sex; he or she theoretically cannot procreate. For these reasons, sims make ideal servants and they are a source of enormous profit. SimGen is a multibillion-dollar corporation that has the exclusive right to create and lease these creatures. The owners will resort to anything, including violence, to keep the dollars rolling in.

Patrick Sullivan, a crafty labor lawyer, is shocked when he is approached by a sim who can read. This sim works at a golf club and he wants Patrick to form a union for sims. Patrick, along with a mysterious individual named Zero and a woman named Romy Cadman, risk their lives by fighting for the right of sims to be considered as individuals, not products.

Although, in lesser hands, this story could have come across as silly or maudlin, Wilson manages to imbue his novel with enough gentle humor, pathos, and suspense to make it work. "Sims" has its imperfections. At over four hundred pages, it is unnecessarily long and repetitious. The villains are stereotypes and they are unbelievably inept considering the resources at their disposal. However, the David and Goliath aspect of the novel has a certain appeal and Wilson is skilled at presenting fascinating scientific background about genetics. "Sims" is a timely and exciting novel about the danger of technology without morality.

Rating:
Summary: Genetic tampering has horrifying results.
Review: The time is the future. Through genetic manipulation, an underclass, part man and part chimpanzee, has been created for the purpose of serving man. This new creature, known as a "sim," is docile and has no desire for money or sex; he or she theoretically cannot procreate. For these reasons, sims make ideal servants and they are a source of enormous profit. SimGen is a multibillion-dollar corporation that has the exclusive right to create and lease these creatures. The owners will resort to anything, including violence, to keep the dollars rolling in.

Patrick Sullivan, a crafty labor lawyer, is shocked when he is approached by a sim who can read. This sim works at a golf club and he wants Patrick to form a union for sims. Patrick, along with a mysterious individual named Zero and a woman named Romy Cadman, risk their lives by fighting for the right of sims to be considered as individuals, not products.

Although, in lesser hands, this story could have come across as silly or maudlin, Wilson manages to imbue his novel with enough gentle humor, pathos, and suspense to make it work. "Sims" has its imperfections. At over four hundred pages, it is unnecessarily long and repetitious. The villains are stereotypes and they are unbelievably inept considering the resources at their disposal. However, the David and Goliath aspect of the novel has a certain appeal and Wilson is skilled at presenting fascinating scientific background about genetics. "Sims" is a timely and exciting novel about the danger of technology without morality.

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Summary: Escape From The Planet of the Apes on steroids!
Review: This book harkens back in my memory to the 3rd installment of the Apes series in 70's with a pregenant chimp and a controversial child on the way. But that is as far as the similarity goes. The science in the book is more than plausible, and the characters are realistic and multi-dimensional. The story itself is exciting and keeps moving with a strong story line and plot. The SIMS themselves are sympathetic characters with a good dose of special ops action mixed in to the novel. This is a great book, very well written, not a bit slow and I hope there is another book on this subject coming from Mr. Wilson soon!